February 15, 2023
Former U.S. Women's National Soccer Team goalkeeper Hope Solo and the U.S. Soccer Federation have agreed to dismiss the equal pay and discrimination lawsuit Solo filed in 2018, tying up the last loose end of the legal fight between the national team players and their governing body following a $24 million settlement and a labor agreement guaranteeing equal pay for the men's and women's teams.
January 01, 2020
With college athletes continuing their legal challenge to the NCAA's amateur system and the U.S. women's soccer team fighting for pay equality, 2020 is set to be another busy one for the world of sports law. Here, Law360 takes a look at cases attorneys should watch this year.
August 15, 2019
A California federal judge said Thursday he can't force the U.S. Soccer Federation and the World Cup-champion Women's National Team to include former team goalie Hope Solo in their mediation talks over equal pay, telling her "they're having a party, and you're not invited."
August 14, 2019
Mediation talks between the U.S. Soccer Federation and World Cup-champion Women's National Team ended without a resolution Wednesday, dashing hopes that a settlement could be reached in the litigation fight over the gap in pay between the men's and women's soccer teams.
August 09, 2019
Former U.S. Women's National Team player Hope Solo is defending her push for sanctions against the team, saying her former teammates are misleading the court as they try to keep her from participating in mediation in their equal pay suit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.
July 30, 2019
Amid ongoing litigation about the gap in pay between the men's and women's national soccer teams, the women's team claims the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation lied when he said that from 2010 to 2018 the women were paid more than the men.
July 29, 2019
The World Cup champion U.S. Women's National Team's players told a California federal judge that former goalkeeper Hope Solo has no right to take part in mediation over their pay discrimination claims against the U.S. Soccer Federation after she attempted to force her way into a seat at the mediation table last week.
July 23, 2019
The U.S. Women's National Team will "surrender" to U.S. Soccer and accept a subpar deal resolving the members' unequal pay suit unless former goalkeeper Hope Solo gets a seat at the mediation table, Solo has told a California federal judge.
June 28, 2019
Following a big win at the U.S. Supreme Court last year, the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association is now seeking $150 million in damages from the NCAA and major professional sports leagues for their litigation that delayed legal sports betting in the state for years. Here, Law360 takes a look at that suit and four other sports and betting cases attorneys should keep an eye on in the second half of 2019.
June 25, 2019
The U.S. Soccer Federation told a California federal court Monday that the women's national team negotiated and agreed to the pay scheme being challenged as discriminatory in a lawsuit by goalie Hope Solo.